Reclamation and Restoration of Land and Water

A recognized area of excellence at the University of Alberta, land reclamation embodies many disciplines, including soil science, plant science, hydrology, botany, ecology and microbiology.
Forest Soils and
Nutrient
Dynamics

Research interests:
Forest soil processes,
soil microbial ecology,
global change and soil
acidification, carbon
sequestration, forest
fertilization, tree nutrition, forest ecophysiology,
and silviculture-soil management interactions.
CHANG, Scott
scott.chang@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-6375
424 Earth Sciences Building

Fate and Transport of Environmental

Contaminants in
Soils
Research interests: Remediation of saline/sodic
soils; contaminant transport through soils; ecological risk assessment.
DYCK, Miles
miles.dyck@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-2886
773 General Services Building

Carbon and Nitrogen Transformations

and Fluxes in Land Rclamation and
Restoration Systems

Research interests: Carbon and nitrogen transformations and fluxes

in land reclamation and
restoration systems.
Integrated assessments
of soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases
exchange. Management options towards greenhouse gas mitigation, climate change adaptation,
and enhanced resilience in land reclamation and
restoration sites. Evaluations of soil function and
ecosystem services.
HERNANDEZ RAMIREZ, Guillermo
ghernand@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-2428
426 Earth Sciences Building

Forest Land
Reclamation and
Restoration of
Ecosystem Functions

Research interests: Importance of a forest canopy to

understory and soil development on severely disturbed
areas. Species selection, seedling quality, and
growth performance.
LANDHAUSSER, Simon
simon.landhausser@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-6381
426 Earth Sciences Building

Soil-Plant Relations

Research interests: Soil

fertility, soil ecology, rhizosphere dynamics, carbon
sequestration (biochar),
disturbance ecology, land
reclamation, silviculture,
agroforestry
MACKENZIE, M. Derek
m.derek.mackenzie@
ualberta.ca
(780) 492-6388
340C Earth Sciences Building

Stream and Lake

Restoration
and Reclamation

Research interests:
Understanding impacts
to aquatic systems (e.g.
fish and invertebrates)
and stream hydrology
after land-use change,
developing best management or land reclamation
practices, remediation and restoration of disturbed
of lakes, rivers and stream (including assessing
harmful alterations, disruptions or destruction), developing appropriate compensation plans and their
net benefit (e.g. compensation lakes).
POESCH, Mark
mark.poesch@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-4827
831 General Services Building

Ecology, Land
Reclamation, and
Restoration
Ecology

Research interests: Land

reclamation, revegetation and remediation of
disturbed ecosystems;
restoration ecology; vegetative reclamation and conservation; plant ecology;
ecology and succession in disturbed ecosystems.
NAETH, M Anne
anne.naeth@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-9539
855C General Services Building

Soil biogeochemistry

Soil
Chemistry and
Environmental
Microbiology

Research interests:
Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons
under anaerobic conditions; metabolic pathways of hydrocarbon degradation; and molecular
fingerprinting of hydrocarbon-degrading microbial
communities.
SIDDIQUE, Tariq
tariq.siddique@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-2899
338A Earth Sciences Building

Research interests: Organic

matter and microbial processes;
soil-vegetation relationships;
dynamic pedology.
QUIDEAU, Sylvie A
sylvie.quideau@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-5397
340B Earth Sciences Building

Agriculture and
the Environment

Research interests:
Biogeochemistry of
the soil environment;
soil-water-plant
interactions; cycling of
trace elements; human
impacts; soil health and
water quality; archives of environmental change;
analytical chemistry; humus, peat and the global
carbon cycle.
SHOTYK, William
shotyk@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-7155
839 General Services Building

Our research is aimed at understanding the impact of

human land use activities, how disturbances alter a given
ecosystem, and how that ecosystem can be reclaimed to
productive capacity.

Department of Renewable Resources

Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
751 General Services Building, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1
Tel. (780) 492-4413 Fax (780) 492-4323
E-mail Chair_rr@ualberta.ca
http://www.rr.ualberta.ca/